Following a police report of a truck driving around the Kinsmen Soccer Fields in Lucknow, there is no new damage to the fields according to the town’s facility manager.

A South Bruce OPP media release from March 29 said that a police investigation revealed that an “older model, golden brown pickup truck drove around on the soccer fields causing damage to the grounds” at around midnight on March 27.

The March 27 incident, which the police are investigating as a mischief, follows the discovery of what appeared to be tire tracks in the north pitch of the soccer fields the previous week.

Mark Hackett, facility manager of the Lucknow and District Recreation Department, said that when he heard media reports of a truck driving on and damaging the soccer fields again, he thought “oh boy, we’ve got some more damage up there that we have to look at.”

But when Hackett and a co-worker arrived to inspect, they found no new damage to the fields.

“Looks like there was tire marks in the parking lot,” he said. “But it doesn’t look like they’ve accessed the field area.”

Craig Beck from Montgomery Ford in Lucknow has pledged to donate $1,000 to help cover the maintenance costs to repair the field, which are home to the town’s minor soccer program. Repairs are not yet underway, and Hackett is hopeful damages can be repaired by putting in some topsoil and grass seed. The worse case scenario, and more costly option, would be if the damaged areas had to be re-sodded. I’m hopeful that we could get these repairs done in April and that north field would be ready for game play in the first or second week of May when the season starts.

Police are asking for the public’s assistance to locate the suspect or suspects. Information about damage to the fields can be shared by calling 1-888-310-1122.